Hot weather, lack of rain prompt campfire ban in B.C.’s Coastal Fire Centre
PARKSVILLE, B.C. — Parched conditions on British Columbia’s west coast has prompted a campfire ban.
The BC Wildfire Service says all open fires, including campfires, will be banned across the Coastal Fire Centre starting on Thursday, although gas, propane or briquette cooking stoves are still permitted.
Only Haida Gwaii and the fog zone, a thin strip along the western edge of Vancouver Island, are exempt from the ban.